Our equality reports demonstrating our commitment and approach to equality work have now been published. These explain how we meet and progress our public sector duties under the Equality Act

We have now published Practice Guide to Chronologies.

Encouraging children to develop language skills, read, and enjoy books at an early age is vital – and the earlier the better.

That’s the message from Scotland’s

The Winter 2016/17 issue of Care News is out now.

A review of services for children and young people in Shetland has found evidence of significant improvement following an earlier inspection.

Inspectors recently returned to the Shetland

Christmas is an important time to help protect vulnerable people from the risk of falls, the Care Inspectorate has said.

Inspectors are encouraging everyone who spends time with a

New guidance designed to support employers recruiting social service staff is now available

People in Scotland are using better quality care services, and are also more confident about complaining when services do not meet expected standards.

Older people in Dumfries and Galloway are benefiting from some good quality health and social care services, but more needs to be done to improve care at home and reduce delayed discharges from

Children and young people are generally safe and well protected because frontline staff across health and social care services in South Ayrshire work well together, inspectors have said, but the

The Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) are carrying out an equality impact assessment (EIA) of our new joint Procurement Strategy. In addition to ensuring we meet our

SCOTLAND’S care homes are being encouraged to support older people to enjoy and participate in the creative arts.

SCOTLAND’S care homes are being encouraged to support older people to enjoy and participate in the creative arts. 

The Scottish Childminding Association has published 'Child-Led Participation: Guide for Childminders'.  

Services for children and young people in Renfrewshire are performing very well, inspectors have concluded.

It follows a ...

We have published ‘Improving Care in

The Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care scrutiny and improvement body, has today published a review of the first three years of its work. 

 The organisation was set up

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have recently publishing the revised Code of conduct for nurses and midwives, which will come into effect on 31 March 2015.

The Winter 2014/15 edition of Care News is out now.

Find out the latest news from the Care Inspectorate and read our good

We have commissioned an evaluation of this resource to help us understand whether it is being used and if it has been helpful. Please complete ...